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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

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Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1866

Place United States

Subjects Bowdoin College, Brothers and sisters, DuQuoin Coal Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company

Format Business records, Correspondence, Diaries, Genealogies, Invoices, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Records

User-Contributed Transcription Isaac Feb. 2, 1857. DuQuoinElyria OhioDuQuoin, Mon. Eve. Feb. 2d 1857My BelovedI did not get any letter today. None Saturday. I wrote a slight letter to you yesterday Sabbath P.M. Mailed this morning; but I believe I must write some more tonight. I did intend to work outdoors today laying off lots, but it is rather colder, & the ground still frozen so much that we concluded to put it off. So this forenoon I spent in Keyes & M's office, Mr Keyes being absent. I only sold one Town lot for $50.00 and did not get the pay down for that. This afternoon I mounted "Old Jenny." You remember Mr Keyes old mare that you & Mrs Keyes used to drive' - and took a ride. Stopped a spell at the Upper St John's coal mines, Mr. Ashley's place originally. Had quite a conversation with Mr Tuttle one of the Proprietors, who happened to be present. They are evidently quite afraid of the R.R. Company commencing to mine here for themselves; and no wonder. I do not know but it is to be hoped they will not, - for the interests all around. By trying to monopolise they might injure the business all around, and themselves in the end. Tuttle thought the R.R.Co. had much better attend to their freight business. You know the business of the road has

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 7 Folder 179

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3109px × 3870px 68.88 MB

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Unique Identifier NL11FJRF

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